Seeding-machine



(No Model.)

A. 0. EVANS. SEEDING MACHINE.

No. 370,611. Patented Sept. 27, 1887 rney', v

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUSTIN G. EVANS, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

SEEDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,611, dated September 27, 1887.

Application filed May 12, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN O. EVANS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeding-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in seeding-machines, and has special reference to corn-planters.

My invention consists in so connecting the shovels or coverers with the machine that the Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of the forward end of a corn-planter, showing my improved shovel-connection Fig. 2, a sectional view of the beam and the spring in side elevation; Fig. 3, a detached view of the connecting-bracket and a sectional view of the spring; Fig. 4, a detail sectional view of a disk, and Fig. 5 a perspective view of a modified manner 'of connecting the shovels or coverers with the machine.

The letter A designates the box-beam of a corn-planter, of any approved construction,

and the letters B and C, respectively, one of the hound beams and braces, which are also of the usual construction.

The letter D designates the shovels. The shovels of themselves are not materially different'from the approved types. Their upper ends are fitted into. seats formed .in serrated disks E, and these disks are fitted against correspondingly-serrated depending portions of brackets F, and the several parts are locked together in any adjusted position by means of bolts and nuts G. These brackets are strongly bolted or otherwise'secured to the springs which connect the shovels with the machine,

. beam of the machine.

Serial 1\ 'o. 237,946. (No model.)

and, in the present instance and by preference, the springs are braced together by a bar, H, which serves to counteract any tendency of the springs to move laterally toward or away from each other.

The letter I. designates the springs, which are composed of straps of steel bent into the form substantially of the letter 8. These springs at their upper ends are bolted or otherwise strongly secured to the frame or box- By reason of their shape and their position they are capable of holding the shovels down strongly enough to cause them to enter the ground the proper depth to cover the seed, while at the same time their shape and position permit the shovels to rise and ride over any obstruction-as astonewith which they may meet in the field. This prevents the machine from being jarred or raised, and withal gives the machine great superiority of action. As soon as'an obstruction is passed over, the springsimmediately return the shovel to the ground.

It is obvious that various forms of springs may be used in lieu of the particular form here shown and described without in any sense departing from the gist of my invention-to wit, a yielding connection between the shovels and the machine proper.

It is also obvious that the connection between the spring and the shovel proper need not be adjustable, yet the adjustment of the shovel with respect to the spring is of advantage, because it allows the shovels to be set more or less deeply into the ground.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a modified manner of connecting the shovels or coverers with the machine, consisting of pivotally attaching the same to the runners and in holding them down to the ground by means of a spiral spring, A, bearing upon the cross-bar B and against one of the frame-beams, and held in place by a rod, 0, secured to the beam and extending through the cross-bar B. The action under this construction is the same or substantially the same as in the other instance, and I illustrate this modification for the purpose of showing that there are several ways of carrying out the essential feature of the invention-namely, the ability of the shovels or coverers to yield (to obstructions) with respect to the machine.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination,with aseeding machine,

5 of a shovel or coverer constructed togather IO chine generally and the runners and other parts carried thereby.

2. Thecombination,with aseeding-machine, of a shovel or coverer constructed to gather the soil and throw it inward and a spring ad- I 5 justably connected with the shovel and conneeted with the machine.

3. Tl1eco1nbination,with aseeding-machine, of a shovel or eoverer and a spring, substantially S-shaped, connecting the shovel orcov- 2o erer with the machine.

4. The combinatiomwithaseeding-maehine, of a shovel or coverer and a spring, substantially Sshaped, adjustably connected with the machine.

5. Thecombination,withaseeding-machine, of a shovel or coverer and a spring, substantially S-shaped, connected with the machine, a bracket connected to the spring and having a serrated portion and a serrated disk fitted to the said serrated portion, and having a seat for the shovel, and a bolt and nut which 0011- nect the parts.

6. The combination, with a box-beam of a seeding-machine and two springs, substantially S-shaped, connected thereto, of shovels or coverers, an adjustable connection, substantially as described, and a rod connecting the springs together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUSTIN 0. EVANS.

Witnesses:

J nssn A. BUEL, LIZZIE CHERRY. 

